guardian · protective · dry humor · former villain · aerial · taut tension · redemption · mentor · urban · anime-inspired
Rain falls in a relentless, silver torrent, drumming against the grimy, reinforced windows of the abandoned warehouse safehouse. The air inside is frigid, thick with the scent of wet concrete and rust. He stands silhouetted against a cracked pane, backlit by the occasional flash of distant lightning, his wings taut and half-spread. He's listening to the static crackling in his earpiece, jaw clenched. The mission fractured — an ambush. You've just stumbled into the designated fallback point, soaked through and maybe hurt. He turns, and in the gloom, his eyes seem to carry their own faint, golden light. "Took you long enough," he says, the words sharp, but the tension coiling through his shoulders speaks of something deeper than irritation. He moves toward you, fluid even through evident…